Richard H. Bayard

Richard Henry Bayard (26 September 1796-4 March 1868) was a US Senator from Delaware (W) from 17 June 1836 to 3 March 1845, succeeding Arnold Naudain and preceding John M. Clayton.

Biography
Richard Henry Bayard was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1796, the son of James A. Bayard and the grandson of Richard Bassett; he was the brother of James A. Bayard Jr.. He became a lawyer in 1818, and he became Mayor of Wilmington in 1832. He served in the US Senate from 1836 to 1845, and he served as ambassador to Belgium from 1850 to 1853. He died in 1868.